Terrorism has played a substantial role in Burkina Faso's elections, with candidates running on the promise to keep the nation safe from the rise of Islamic jihadism they experienced in the 2010s.
The Organization for Popular Democracy – Labour Movement was former president Compaoré's party affiliation, and thus they held power from 1987 to 2014.
There was opposition to him running again, due to an amendment to the Constitution of Burkina Faso passed in 2000 making two terms the maximum limit.
However, citizens of Burkina Faso began to speak out about the fraudulent system, and how Compaoré and his party was going to fix the vote for another landslide victory.
However, on 16 September the now disbanded Regiment of Presidential Security (RSP) staged a coup d'état, and held the capital, Ouagadougou, for about a week.
[3] The protestors set the National Assembly building on fire and continued to riot in protest of election fraud.
Kaboré ran for re-election on the promise of bringing peace to Burkina Faso, and ending the terrorist attacks plaguing the nation.
Damiba and fellow members of the coup were extremely dissatisfied with the way Kaboré had been handling the national bloody jihadist insurgency.
One man claimed that in 2014 when Compaoré was overthrown, the people of Burkina Faso were told everything would change, and all the problems were solved.
First, after the initial round of votes are cast and counted, if one candidate is a majority winner, then that person is elected president of Burkina Faso.